Fruit press



G. B. PICKOP Aug. 21, 1923.

FRUI T PRES S Filed Jul y B, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 21, 1923/ 1,465,558 G. B. PICKOP FRUIT PRESS Filed July 3, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gin marrow Patented Aug. 21,1923.

' ass 1 GEORGEiB. Honor, or ew HAV CONNECTICUT, AssIeNon TO MALLEABLE IRON FITTINGS COMPANY, or BRANDFORD, CONNECTICUT. r

FRUIT rnnss.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. PICKOP, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of New Haven, State of "Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fruit Presses, of

which the following is afull, clear, and exact description. 7 This invention relates to resses, and par ticularly to that type of'the same whichis used toextract the juice of fruits, vegetables, or the like. It? has been the custom in devices heretofore known and used to provide a press-of this type with a vertically acting plunger and a lever of one type or another:

to provide acting or pressingsurfaces of an improved type so that practically all of the juice maybe extracted from'themass in the receptacle, and to so generally improve the structure of the press that it may be readily and conveniently operated, and. also taken apart forthe purpose of cleaning, and just as readily put togther again. 7 e V In the accompanying drawings:

7 Fig.1 is a side elevational view of my improved fruit press. I y

i Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the lidv or cover of the device in raised position.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4- 4 Fig.2; V

Fig. 5 is a sectional view online 5-5 of Fig. 4. o r

' Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 4, looking. in the direction of the arrows.

In the embodiment of my invention, which Ihaveparticularly chosen to illustratein the accompanying drawings, I have shown at 10, a supporting table .or bench of a suitable type,,hav ing the standard 11 of myin1- 'provedpress attachedthereto by a clamping yoke 12 and a clamping screw 13. The

Application filed Jul 3,

1920. Serial No. 393,887.

clamping yoke is shown as integralwith the standard 11 and may' be of any suitable form. The bodylt of my fruit press is shown, as provided, with a. relatively large forward chamber 15, having a. drip or discharge spout 16, and area'r guide portion lT tom thereof it is. provided at it's side'facing' the interior of the receptacle,:with corrugat ons 18. At the top of the cylindrical por tion of the ieceptacle 15? is provided a finger hole l9, and a recess 20by which the cyl I inder 'may be graspedvby the finger and thumb and readily removed from the chamher. The front or the bottom of the receptacle is provided'with aplurality of'sp'acing lugs 21, three as shown in the drawings, which are adapted to spacethe'bottom of the ber, also, the bottom of the receptacle is provided with a lip 23, which is adapted to enter a groove 01' a recess 24 in the rear wall 22 of the chamber. v v

The plunger25 consists of a removable head 26, which is provided at, its front ;face with corrugations 27, which cooperate with the corrugations on the botto of the receptacle and rear guide portions 28"'wh'ich extend; rearwardly infto the guideportions 17 of the chamber, andare suitably held and guided therein in their movement'back and forth by means to behereinafte'r described. The head 26.0f the 'plungerlis provided at its rear face with .a socket or recess'29 and receptacle from the rear wall 22 of the 'chamwith two spaced and oppositely" disposed lu s 30 between which extends one end of a plunger rod'3l. This rod 31 is provided on its end, just within the two lugs 30, with an enlargement 32 which is 'soshaped astoberecejived in the socket orflrecess .29. be apparent that in this" way, the ,plunge'rlis detachably connected to the'plunger rod so that it may begra'sped' by the fingers and freelylifted out of. the chamber when the" V I lid is raised; On the other'hand,"whenyitis replaced in its operative positlon it is securelyheldto the plunger rod 3I so that it maybe pushed forward by this rod its operative movement, or retracted bv this rod 1 to enable-the parts to be removed, or another charge of fruit or the like, put in the receptl'will tacle. The plunger rod 31 is enlarged at its rear end, and provided with a threaded portion 32 which is received in a. threaded bore 33 in'the rear side of the standard 11. This end of the plunger rod projects through the standard 11 and is provided with a suitable crank or handle at, which is secured to the plunger rod, and by which the rod may be turned to thrust the plunger into the receptacle, or to withdraw it therefrom.

The body la i provided as a whole with a hinged lid 35, which, when raised, exposes or gives access to both the forward chamber portion and the rear guide portion of the body. This lid is hinged to the upper rear portion of the standard 11 by pivot pin 36, and there is provided on the stand ard, adjacent this pin, a lug 87, which conveniently supports the cover in raised position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The forward portion of the cover is provided with a hasp 38, the opening 40 of which fits over a lug 39 provided On the outside of the rear wall of the chamber. The front portion of the cover is provided interiorly with a rib 41, which extends practically all around that portion of the cover which is above the chamber and insures a close fit of the cover thereon. The hasp is so arranged in cooperation with the lug 39 that this hasp must be sprung tightly over the lug, and thus hold the cover firmly in posi tion on the chamber. The body is also provided with a strengthening rib 42 which extendsentirely around the same at about the central portion thereof, between the upper and lower edges, and serves to assist the chamber in withstanding the strains to which it is exposed. It will be apparent that by the provision ofthe threaded plunger rod and crank, considerable force may be exerted on the'plunger, and that therefore, the chamber must possess suflicient strength to withstand the strain incident to the application of this force.

It will be apparent that with my device a number of receptacles 15 may be used with one press. These may be filled with different kinds of fruit from which it is desired to extract the juice, and one after.

another he placed in the chamber and the juice extracted. In the use of my device, it

i therefore, unnecessary to clean the receptacle each time it is desired to use the press with a different kind of fruit or material from which the juice is to be extracted, as the receptacle may be readily removed and new ones inserted which contain the various kinds of material.

' The opening 19, in addition to providing convenient means by which the cylinder may be lifted from the chamber, also provides an opening through which the finger or an instrument such as a fork or the like may be thrust :0 clean the pulp or waste will, of course, be greater than the area of a plane surface having the same diameter. Thus the pulp may bepressed out into a thin-' ner mass than is otherwise possible and consequently a much larger percentage of the juice extracted from the same. 7

As shown in Fig. 4, when the lid 35' closed the members 28 are guided in'their movement between thelid and the bottom'of the guide portion 17 of the chamber. In thismanner, convenient guideway for the plunger are provided which interfere in no way with the ready" removal of'the' same from the chamber when desired. These guide members 28 and the guideways in the body portion of the press are particularly desirable on account of the loose, detachable, connections between the plunger and the plunger rod 31.

\Vhile l' have shown and described one preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the exact form, as many structural variations and modifications are possible, which lie within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

hat I claim is 1. In a fruit press or the like, a standard, a chamber supported thereby, a materialrecepta'cle removably mounted in the chamber, a plunger mounted in the chamber to move in and out of said receptacle and arranged tobe operated in a horiz'ontal'di rection. v i

2. A fruit press comprising a standard, a normally closed chamber mounted on said standard, a material receptacle removably supported in said. chamber, and a horizontally reciprocable plunger operatingdn said receptacle and guided initsmovement by the chamber .walls. a K

3. A fruit press or the like comprising a horizontally disposed chamber having; an opening at the top, a lid for closing said opening, a perforated receptacle suspended in said chamber and removable through'said opening. l

4:. A. fruit press or the like having a material receptacle, a plunger cooperating therewith, anda plunger rod'connected to said plunger for movement in i a substantially horizontal plane,'said plunger being freely liftable to disconnect the same from said plunger rod, and being guided in its horizontal movement independentlyof the rod.

5. In a fruit press or the like, a standard, a horizontally disposed chamber carried thereby having a top opening and a cover for said opening, a receptacle mounted in said chamber against one end thereof, a

plunger and plunger rod in the chamber;

said rod being mounted in the opposite end thereof, and a strengthening rib surrounding the chamber and adapted to bind said ends together.

6. In a fruit press, a plunger rod, a plunger loosely connected'therewith, and removable therefrom by movement in a direction transverse to said rod, said plunger havinga guide portion, and a guideway with which said guide portion cooperates to maintain the plunger in a plane transverse to the rod. 7

7. In a fruit press or the like, a chamber, a plunger operating therein having rear- Wardly directed guide elements, said chamber being provided with a guideway cooperating with said elements.

8. A fruit press including a chamber body provided with a chamber portion and a guide portion communicating with each other, and a plunger operating in said chamher and guided by said guide portion.

9. In a horizontal fruit press, a chamber, a cover therefor, a plunger operating in said chamber, said plunger being guided by the bottom of a portion of the chamber and said cover.

10. A horizontal fruit press or. the like,

comprising a chamber, a cover therefor, the bottom of said chamber cooperating with said cover, at one end thereof to form a guideway when the cover is'closed, a plunger mounted in the chamber and a guide member on the plunger operating-in the guideway.

- 11. A horizontal fruit press or the like, 1

comprising a chamber, a cover therefor, a

*plunger having guide flanges operating therein, said cover and thebottom of a portion of said chamber forming a guideway in which said flanges operate.-

12. In a device of the charactendescribed', a chamber, a receptacle contained therein,

one wall .of said chamber being provided,

a horizontally disposed chamber and a receptacle removably suspended from the end Wall of the chamber.

16. In a fruit press, ajshorizontally disposed normally closed chamber and a material receptacle mounted in said chamber and suspended above the bottom thereof, and means to permit the expressed juice to flow from the chamber.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand on the 30th day of June, 1920.

GEORGE B. PICKOP, 

